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Windows 7 Releases October 22nd 2009

This morning was the first time I heard an official release date for Windows 7. I’ve been running Windows 7 betas for the past 3 months and it has been far more stable and responsive than Vista was for me. I will definitely be upgrading this one on release day! I have just put in [...]

June 26, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Products, Technology  44 Comments

Finally, a New HDTV

I’ve wanted an HDTV for a long time. We’ve had the same 25″ TV since we got married 9 years ago. I’ve been waiting for a big deal. Well, I think I’ve finally found one! Saturday I was in Wal-Mart and saw that they had a 46″ Visio 1080p for $795. That was the best [...]

May 25, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Products, Satellite Television  35 Comments

My Applications

Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available. I’ve been using the beta of Windows 7 quite happily for a couple of months now after frustrating ordeals with Vista. The only problem I’ve had with the beta version of Windows 7 is having Windows Explorer crash 3-5 times a day. It hasn’t been a huge deal [...]

May 5, 2009   Posted in: Products, Programming & Internet, Technology  8 Comments

Switching to ooma

I been a Vonage customer for a long time. Just to give you an idea, when we first ordered it, someone from Qwest tried to call my wife to get us to use their long distance plan at 7 cents per minute. My wife told them we had had unlimited long distance to the US [...]

April 23, 2009   Posted in: Electronics, Products, Technology  19 Comments

Motorola EM1000R 20-Mile 2-Way FRS/GMRS Radio, Pair

So I’ve recently been called in my ward as the emergency preparedness specialist. In our neighborhood we a divided up into blocks with block captains. In the event of an emergency, each block captain will have a set of 2 way radios for communication. I’m not a block captain, but thought it might would be [...]

April 4, 2009   Posted in: Products  9 Comments

Backing Up

You’ve all heard the horror stories. You go to boot up you computer, nothing happens… perhaps you hear a click… click… click…
This actually happened to me a couple years ago. Luckily my hard drive started working again just long enough for me to get a back-up before replacing it.
I recently heard of an acquaintance that [...]

August 20, 2008   Posted in: Products, Programming & Internet  9 Comments

Get Quickbooks Pro 2008 for $149.99

UPDATE: Since writing this post, Amazon has increased their price to $169.99, but the coupon below still works so you can get it shipped for $149.99.
So I have a small business. After meeting with my accountant last night I determined I really could make my life easier by using Quickbooks. I’ve tried the free version [...]

January 31, 2008   Posted in: Electronics, Finance, Products  2 Comments

How To Get a Free 1GB MicroSD Card

At Buy.com they are offering a Kingston 1GB microSD Secure Digital Card for only $10 and free shipping. That’s a sweet enough offer in and of itself, but there is a way to get it free.
If you have never bought anything from Buy.com using Google Checkout, they offer $10 your order for doing so. So [...]

December 7, 2007   Posted in: Electronics, Products  2 Comments

My Wife is Addicted to Proactiv

While pregnat with our 3rd child my wife started breaking out with some kind of rash on her face. She went to a dermatologist, but whatever he gave her didn’t work. She then went to a kiosk in the mall and bought a small sampling of Proactiv. It cleared her right now.
Now I think she [...]

November 27, 2007   Posted in: Products  One Comment

Flash Your Girlfriend for Valentine’s Day

Ok, this is for all you nerdy dorks out there! Now you can get your flash drives personalized. Better yet, you can get their personalized for your significant other. What says “I love you” more that a flash [drive]?
Be different. Pexagontech.com is offering incredible deals on personalized flash drives with FREE laser engraving. There are [...]

January 26, 2007   Posted in: Products  3 Comments